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Video Games General

Hey, quick question: the purpose of a 4X game like Endless Space is to expand your territory by colonizing as many planets as possible, right? I'm supposed to grab as many systems as I can, yes? Why is my population so mad about that?
 
Rakdos92 said:
Hey, quick question: the purpose of a 4X game like Endless Space is to expand your territory by colonizing as many planets as possible, right? I'm supposed to grab as many systems as I can, yes? Why is my population so mad about that?
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I've never played it so I can only speak in generalities but in at least one game I've seen in the genre they made starting new cities/colonizing new planets reduce overall happiness as a balancing tool so people couldn't just mass expand early and get a comical lead and had to actually build happiness buildings. In other words a way to slow the game down. Also so it'd be more of a decision on whether to grab marginal worlds/cities or not.
 
Rakdos92 said:
Hey, quick question: the purpose of a 4X game like Endless Space is to expand your territory by colonizing as many planets as possible, right? I'm supposed to grab as many systems as I can, yes? Why is my population so mad about that?
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Not just colonize "as many systems as you can" but also adequately build them up, otherwise you are overextending yourself.

You can get more territory later on, once you are firmly established and get to wage some war against your neighbors. The map-painting happens gradually, not immediately.

Remember, the 4X are "Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate".
 
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